Before there was Rick James or Leif Garrett, there was Shmulik Finkelstein. A... more »

Before there was Rick James or Leif Garrett, there was Shmulik Finkelstein. A first-generation Ashkenazi growing up on the Lower East Side, Finkelstein shot to Yiddish power pop stardom in 1930's before graduating into multiple-character vaudeville as the shtetl sensation you'll hear your grandmother coo about—if, God willing, she's still breathing. « less